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There are many things that we all do everyday that never seem like much until you realize how important they really are. Like me, today I Just went to school to "find my way to the future" as some people say, I think we all could find our way to the future, without going to school.Though I still believe school is very important in the formation of a civilized and well mannered human being.School is an everyday adventure for me . Everyday i learn soemthing new and i am with people that make me laugh .After the 6 hours of continuous learning , I went home, in my way home I was amazed by t he way a simple force of nature can bring us all together . When i say this I'm talking about the bridge. Gravity, water,and age made the bridge fall down and it has made 2 states that are constantly arguing and competing come together to find a solution that will help them both. Another thing that I just did was eating with my family.When I eat with my family and we all share our day and our experiences, it keeps the bond between us that sometimes it feels like it's disappeared.It's an amazing feeling, not only because we're finally eating a good meal after a crazy morning, but because everyone has put their little sand grain to be happy and to come together.

One of the many things I would like to do for my self, would be to learn how to not be afraid of life. There has been many times when I fell fear;wheather it be the ocean , a extreme thing or saying what I really feel. Everyone wants to be treated nice and that's why we most of the time keep our rage and hate secret until one day we take it all out and making things worse. I think we should talk about things when they happen because that the right moment instead of letting thins pas by. I feel like we've been all trying to be nice to everyone all our life and sometimes that's not the right thing to do. I found most people to be afraid of life, afraid of themselves even but that's not the way it should be. I want to be able to have fear for things but have the guts to say, I'll do it.; of course only if it's safe....not like jumping of a bridge that's 45 mts tall.Maybe this direction that Mr Mark gave us was for something to do for ourselves was more for an answer like running more or doing more charity things or things that will help us is other ways but this question made me think of me of who I am. I thinks that we are all capable of running more and all those things so it didn't seem like a real goal because it's actually very easy, and if you want to do something for yourself it should be something that makes you work hard so that when you achieve it you actually feel it was all worth it.

I;m a very special person as well as everyone, but there are many things that make me special like the ones i'll explain next.Being special is being a thinking human being because no one not even twins are the same so we are all special in our own secret and mysterious way. Something that makes me special is the way that I think of things and always try to make it better.Making things look better will give you a broader look of the situation and the ways to fix things, a better way of learning from mistakes.Another thing that makes me very special is being who I am. Maybe this paragraph will seem like I think I am incredible and all that but the truth is that the more things that you accept from your self weather they'll be good or bad the better person you'll be. Going back to the topic , I think I can almost always get what I want, not by doing it the wrong way but by understanding others and trying to find a way in which we both benefit .Another things is that i follow my lead and I like to accept people the way they are. Of course we are not all perfect and I make mistakes but sometimes we all get carried away and forget who we are and finding our way back will makes us MORE SPECIAL!The most important things that make me special is that I don't try to be like others and that I have special friends that make me even more special.

TYPING GRAPHS

The speed graph shows the realtins and the difference between both net and gorss speed. The graph hel us compare the and realize how much I have improved and how much I went up and down in my scores. The graph is a bar (column) graph. The gross is in color blue and it is higher than the net speed (color orange). This graph shows all the results in the year and it help us look for times when my scores werte't as good, or were better.The net speeds are measured and paired up in two columns so that we can see how much we advanced in the year.

The graph I chose for accuracy is a line graph. The graph has the percentage (%) i the Y axis and a numer to see how many times it was done in the X axis. The graph shows ho much i improved.

This year , IN MY OPINION, I actually did adavnced in my typingskills. Now I can almost type really fast and without looking at the keyboard/ I still do some mistakes but I'm sure i'll get past them . I think we shhould really learn yo type faster and that'll help us with school work and other things in luife. Next year typing should vbe included to help us imprve our typing skills and become better writters in computers. Aalso it's not hard andmanybe alittle boringbut if it's actually helping us then it should be included.

MAP SCORES

The graphs are very usefukl but the bar graph is way better than the other because it's clear and compares the other results.





This graph shows clearly the increase and it compares my other results with the newer or older ones. To me thias is the best graph because I can see how much I iomprved and decresed my socres in the past years.

This graph shows more my increase in a more smooth way. it shows them all together and it gives key points to parts wererit has increased or changed. This graph is a good graph but stil the bar graph is best.

This graph shows my increase and decrese as the one above but this one is alittle more presise in the ups and downs in m,y scores. This graph shows a drastic fall and the the increase. At the end of the line it shows an increase that keeps going showing us tjhis is not the last test and the graph will keep on gorwing.

OIL SPILL

The night of April 20 the 2010, off the coast of Louisiana, a Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11 workers. The oil spill is expanding into the Louisiana's coasts and the Gulf of Mexico. Experts estimate that this oil spill would be greater then the < charset="utf-8">Exxon Valdez tanker spill off Alaska in 1989.The one who released 11 million gallons and was the worst spill at sea.Louisiana wasn't ready for this and is called in state of emergency. The oil company, asked the government fot help from the naval to stop the oil to invade coastal areas. Some fisherman are being asked for their boats to help the navy to control this terrible man-made mistake. The damages this will cause to the wildlife in that are terrible.Louisiana was recovering from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, some parts of the flora and fauna were rebuilding in the damaged areas. This oil spill will kill many of them and for sure damage the conditions that people in the costs of louisiana live in.The slick is being blowed and carried by currents and now threatening 5 states.

There aren't many solutions yet to this problem but people should start worrying more about it and start acting.The Pentagon sayas that the air force will be spreading chemicals to destroy the slicka and stop it from spreading, some people are concerned that this could cause more damage to the eco-life.The company is suffering two solutions but their solutions will take a long time to be done. One of them is to pipe up all the oil and bring it to the surface, the other is to drill a well to capture the oil and to switch off the release button.There are some orange barriers to keep the oil from expanding into the coastline. This oil spill will kill many oceanic life. OYSTERS, SHRIMPS, LITTLE FISHES, PELICANS, TURTLES, and many more animals will suffere the price of human mistakes. The world now revolves around petroleum and with something like this happening world will face with the loss of the millions of barrels lost in the deep water will be gigantic, the loss of a non-renewable resource that every country in the world is fighting for. This should encourage scientists and inventors to create another source of energy for the future of automobiles.

MAP TESTING

Last week we took MAP Testing from Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) , this test consists of an semestral check on your adavncement in school subjects. You take MATH, LANGUAGE AND READING. This year no one was really motivated or willing to put their best effort in the test. Most kids only did the eenie meenie minie moe . This is not good either for students or teachers. I think they should make more intresting pictures. There should be more color and a wider variety of questions. Many times we ha the same content but with different questions and that was boring. In fact the test was really boring and seemed very slow.The testing is really good when it comes to the system,by that I mean that you go to higher and more difficult quesions if you get right the question beinga sked and if you get it wrong, you stay o tat level or go to an easier one. Some questions were really easy and sometimes it felt liek you weren't getting anywhwere. To me there is really no point of doing it. If kids need help they will get it, we are no longer in primary to be told what we are doing wrong. I think they should do a test like the old SAT which were of filling the little holes beacsue taht one was more intresting because you had a physical test infront of you. I don't like or dislike the tests. I just really would encourage all to make it more graphical, add more color . I dion;t think I did better in my test than last time ebcause this time we all just want to get out school and we don't put mcuh effort in things that don't affect our grades.The MAP test was boring and i ereally would like to change the way they test us .

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saving the WORLD prenstations

Today I saw presentations of my fellow clasmates and I relaize there are many things I should change on mine. I realize I should ionclude more pictures and more color to the background. I really like to just use color in the font rather than a pixelled picture in the backround.

Also I realized I should proofread my work and you can ask that to Miss Fenton and she;ll agree. Grammar and spelling weren't bad but they oculd be better. Also I should be more careful in the order of the slides and the effects i use. The timming is also very important because hosrt presentations make it loook not complete and long presentations make it look boring. I feel like i could wiork more in the citations. I resally could use a little more time to revise my project.

Powe POINT

Whenw we were in 5 and 6 grade, we had to do booktalks in powerpoint presentations. One huighe mistake I learned was to not only not exeed information in a slide but to don't use many pictures where there is texte. By doing this the audience only gets distracted by every picture instead of hearing you. Also the pictures can be confusing, disturbing, and vulgar to some people.Inthe PPT I saw, she was giving the summary and used pictures instead of text and when she was don , i was so concentrated in the pictures and teh effects taht I didn't have an idea of what was the whole book about. Imagines let the imagination of people fly away creating their own comparrisons, comedy, and stories. Another DON'T! is to use excesive body language. If you want people to be concentarted in your charts and graphs don't mive your feets arms legs, face, nose, head, because it'll distarct people and make them think about your bervousness and mistakes rather than your information.Also if you don't move at all it becomnes boringa nd looks like you are too nervous and you don't feel confortable doing those things. sO BETTER DON'T DO THAT AND YOU'LL BE A PRO IN PPT'S/